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Design influences the world around us every day. We chat with designers, illustrators, photographers, and others to find out the stories that made them want to get into the creative world as a career, and talk with chefs, bartenders, restaurateurs and anyone else that uses their creative talent about how they use their creative talents to design their menus and restaurants.
If you have suggestions for guests or questions about the show, please reach out to us on Twitter @feastondesign.

29: Jason Ratner

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast! I’m your host, Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Jason Ratner, a designer with Disney Design Group. We walk about growing up in New York, getting started with an internship at Disney, what it’s like to work at Disney, becoming a parent, and much more, all right after this.
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Cotton Bureau is for the designer who wants a no-hassle way to get their tees worn by people and wants to be surrounded by other great designs. All designs are crowdsourced by the Cotton Bureau Community and only the shirts that make the cut get printed. And best of all is this isn’t a contest, Cotton bureau split all of the profits with the designers. you don’t need to worry about the printing, shipping or logistics of it all, you can just put up the tee and tell everyone you know to go and buy one.
Plus, if you’re looking for a great shirt, and you love BBQ check out Low and Slow by Creative South co-founder, Mike Jones! The gorgeous design reminds you that BBQ is not grilling, BBQ is a way of life. Low and Slow is how we cook meat in a special way. The pig is the "Que". This shirt is perfect for all you BBQ lovers out there! So head over to Cotton Bureau or click the link in the show notes to get the Low & Slow shirt, hug some necks & break bread with folks!
You can learn more about Jason on Twitter at @JayRatner and at his website jratnerdesign.com, and be sure to check the show notes for more ways to keep up with Jason. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouthGA.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.
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